Five Russian Jets Buzz Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) On Thursday

Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ)  

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Five Russian jets flew too close to Alaska, without entering U.S. or Canadian airspace, American military officials have said. The incident comes just after Russian warplanes escorted U.S. bombers over the Black Sea and amid continuing tensions between Moscow and NATO. 

The Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense Region said it had detected, tracked and identified the Russian aircraft entering the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) at 5.53 p.m. Thursday. 

The ADIZ extends around the shores of the U.S. and Canada and is monitored by the civilian air traffic control authorities and the militaries of both countries under the control of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).

The aircraft were operating in international airspace and left the ADIZ at 7:21 p.m. according to a statement by the U.S. military's Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS). 

The statement did not specify how close the Russian planes buzzed the U.S. which is only two miles away from Russia at its closest point.  

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